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Saturday, March 26, 2022Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAS trailed NOP by 10 after the first quarter and won 107–103.

Final
SAS107
NOP103
Q1 SAS -10; Q2 SAS +1; Q3 SAS 0; Q4 SAS +4
Final · OT
SAC114
ORL110
Q1 SAC +13; Q2 SAC +4; Q3 SAC -3; Q4 SAC 0; OT1 SAC +4
Final
IND91
TOR131
Q1 TOR +20; Q2 TOR +28; Q3 TOR +26; Q4 TOR +40
Final
CHI98
CLE94
Q1 CHI +12; Q2 CHI +18; Q3 CHI +12; Q4 CHI +4
Final
MIL102
MEM127
Q1 MEM +4; Q2 MEM +13; Q3 MEM +19; Q4 MEM +25
Final
BKN110
MIA95
Q1 BKN +2; Q2 BKN +21; Q3 BKN +28; Q4 BKN +15
Final
OKC107
DEN113
Q1 DEN +7; Q2 DEN +9; Q3 DEN +11; Q4 DEN +6
Final
HOU115
POR98
Q1 HOU -4; Q2 HOU 0; Q3 HOU +7; Q4 HOU +17
Bars under each score: who led after each quarter, from the winner's side. winner ahead behind behind in a 10+ point comeback tied
On this day · 2020–21Mar 26, 2021: 11 games. Top scorer: James Harden (BKN @ DET), 44 points.
The lead · SAS @ NOP

San Antonio rallies from 10 down to beat New Orleans

Trailing by 10 after one, San Antonio outscored the Pelicans 85–71 the rest of the way. Final: 107–103. Keldon Johnson led San Antonio with 21 points, 8 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · SAS margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-10+10+4SAS AHEAD ↑NOP AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SAS22362623107
NOP32252719103
Who led
Keldon JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 33, 13, 27, 13, 34, 22, 11, 14, 26, 21SAS21 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Josh RichardsonPoints, last 10 games: 0, 18, 3, 11, 16, 2, 17, 25, 15, 18SAS18 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
CJ McCollumPoints, last 10 games: 24, 24, 32, 32, 21, 20, 25, 27, 25, 32NOP32 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Jose AlvaradoPoints, last 10 games: 5, 7, 5, 16, 3, 8, 15, 7, 15, 23NOP23 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Raptors rout

Three of 8 games were decided by four points or fewer. Toronto beat Indiana by 40.

SAS over NOP4SAC over ORL4CHI over CLE4DEN over OKC6BKN over MIA15HOU over POR17MEM over MIL25TOR over IND40Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.3Season avg21.8Last 5

21.8 points a game over his last five games, against 10.3 in 59 earlier games. Today: 15 points in 33 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.6Season avg11.7Last 3

11.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.6 in 59 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.3Season avg45Today

45 minutes today, against 26.3 a game in 67 earlier games. Line: 22 points, 7 rebounds, 9 assists.

Top performances

Nikola Jokic leads the day with 35

Sparkline: points in his last 10 games, tonight in pink. Black tag: most points in a game this season to date, or in his career when his whole career is in our box scores (after 5+ games). Plus/minus: points tonight against his average before tonight.
Nikola JokicPoints, last 10 games: 38, 23, 26, 22, 29, 32, 23, 30, 28, 35DEN vs OKC · W
26.3 PPG season to date · +8.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 12 REB · 8 AST
CJ McCollumPoints, last 10 games: 24, 24, 32, 32, 21, 20, 25, 27, 25, 32NOP vs SAS · L
22.5 PPG season to date · +9.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Giannis AntetokounmpoPoints, last 10 games: 28, 34, 19, 39, 43, 31, 30, 36, 25, 30MIL @ MEM · L
29.7 PPG season to date · +0.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 11 REB · 4 AST
Darius GarlandPoints, last 10 games: 41, 24, 25, 24, 22, 25, 24, 29, 18, 28CLE vs CHI · L
21.5 PPG season to date · +6.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Alperen SengunPoints, last 10 games: 21, 6, 9, 5, 15, 12, 7, 14, 4, 27HOU @ POR · W
9.3 PPG season to date · +17.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high27 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Jalen GreenPoints, last 10 games: 32, 11, 17, 22, 20, 8, 17, 8, 23, 25HOU @ POR · W
15.9 PPG season to date · +9.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Points per game in each player's last 10 games minus his season average through tonight. Regular season, players with 20+ games and 20+ minutes a game.
Hot
Jordan PooleGSW+8.3 26.0 last 10 · 17.7 season
Anfernee SimonsPOR+7.5 24.8 last 10 · 17.3 season
De'Aaron FoxSAC+7.0 30.2 last 10 · 23.2 season
Jayson TatumBOS+6.7 33.7 last 10 · 27.0 season
Darius BazleyOKC+6.6 17.4 last 10 · 10.8 season
Cold
Nickeil Alexander-WalkerUTA−7.0 4.1 last 10 · 11.1 season
Kelly Oubre Jr.CHA−5.9 9.5 last 10 · 15.4 season
D'Angelo RussellMIN−5.6 12.7 last 10 · 18.3 season
Richaun HolmesSAC−5.5 4.9 last 10 · 10.4 season
Fred VanVleetTOR−5.2 15.4 last 10 · 20.6 season